St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-29

who have moved and lived among us, and
nave moved and lived among the generations
past VIII be made citizens of the city of God;
who have established and built up the sort of
character that God says shall eutitle the msn
TO admission and citizenship there. And
there Is no place to make that character eX-
cept right here and now, for what your char
acter is, when you come to die that Is going
to be the test of whether you can
live in that city, or whether you
must go into the place of the chaos or ever
lasting confusion. Our citizenship here-and
| IL is the most tremendous thought that ever
| pressed upon the brain or heart of man-our
citizenship here is to to determine our fitness
FOR citizenship up there. And if am not
worthy to be a citizen of heaven when die
mere, there is no process revealed to me in
the word of God by which / viii ever be able
| 10 reach that stature or state. And man
must be rs holy here as he will ever be holy
in heaven. But it is not an eternal holiness
OF form, brother. 1t is the internal holiness
or heart and soul and character, and il you
| ever expect to be citizen of this city of
! God; If your high hopes and ambitions, puri-
| ned by the holy spirit are to enter upon life
OF everlasting bliss in the city of the ever
lasting God, to live and occupy one of those
| mansions that Christ said is in the house of
| my father, If that be the purpose of your life
! then all the
Il SUPREME EFFORTS
! of your life here should be directed towards
formulating that character which shall entitle
| you to admission into that city of Gods when
you die. used to be as afraid of hell as
| any man in the world, l reckon; but 1t was
at time when hell and were drawing close
together. L am not afraid of hell to-day.
Hell doesn't occupy any part of my thoughts
| or attention. All my hopes are set towards
the city of the living God. All my purposes
are strainiug in that direction. All of my
efforts here in Minneapolis, all of my efforts
at home in Atlanta, all my efforts wherever
am sent by the spirit of the Lord to labor and
| do in the name of Jesus Christ, all of my
| efforts are towards preparing and fitting my
| self for citizenship there. Only few weeks
| ago when l went down in spirit close
by the silent river, with its plethian
| flow and thought at one time l never should
| recover or get off my bed. came as near to
death as l everJ have been, l know how be-
| fore, when in the terrible Affections of yellow
fever and typhoid fever down South. with
what awful agony of soul and spirit and with
what awful efforts and straining Of nature
sought TO get back again to health and life
and strength because all my way was dark
and gloomy. Everybody and everything were
terroriZing in its suggestions, but the other
day the first experience of the kind have had
since have been converted to Christ was
when l went down in that low place, in that
valley. l seem to hear the rush of waters but
there was not one Quam of fear that passed
over my spirit. l know that down through
the valley of the shadow of death should fol-
| low the river, and over on the other shining
shore know my spirit would have seen the
GATHERING TURRETS
| and the SteepleS and the golden sides of the
| city of God. l would have walked in those
streets, and the assurance was as deep as nv
| nature, as certain as my faith in God and
| had no more fear than have here now this
moment. Brother, whatever may do in this
| world, whatever men may say to me, what
| mi Sftl1nti Of + fha
world, as God is my judge and Christ is my
| Savior and my leader, 1 intend to maintain
| my integrity and search for the city of God
| and look for its coming. anC when l come to
| die at last-I know not where, nor when, nor
| how it may be-this is my fondeSt hope: That
| the ministering angel who comes to convoy
my soul to glory shall bear the
| glorifed features of my sainted mother
would have her take my re-
deemed spirit under cover of her angelic
WINGS leap from the edge of my death-couch
and start upon that long-sought celestial
| journey. As we go forth beyond the scenes of
| earth, beyond the moons and stars of our
| system, beyond the glittering belt of the
zodiac. and through still grander solar series
of Gods glories, past all the stars that glitter
and shine in the track; away, away beyond
| Arcturus, beyond the central Koohiuoor sun
| that blazes in the necklace around the throat
| of Taurus; as she goes on and on pasSt the
new world and other systems of stars that
| beset the glory of God; on, on, until my
| spirit is about to faint from the rapid flight
| say: precious mother, whittier do we go?'
| ! would hear from her angelic lips: ''We look
| for city that hath foundations whose
! maker and builder is God" And as we fly
on,s and on, and on, and on, would see Just
lyahead of me Streaks that seem to break as if
| the dawn were breaking. l see dazzling lines
| of living light that flame across the far be-
yond, and l to her: What are those
bright and brInlant hues that dye the horizon
| yonder; those streaks that break like
| MORNING LIGHT
| upon my soul?" and she tells me, ''Those are
| the twelve foundations of the city of God in
which are imbedded the names of the twelve
| apostles OF the lamb and gemmed with all
! the jewels of the treasury Of heaven Again
1 ask her, what are those glorious heights
and magnificent stretches of jasper color that
| rise upon our vision like the birth of a new
firmament?' Again she speaks: Those are
| the walls of the new Jerusalem-the city of
| the everlasting God" As we near the ma
| jestic scene again ask, what are those
| bright. white interstices in the beautiful
breadths of the walls?' Again she says:
Those are the twelve gates of pearl that
since Christ died on Calvary, have stood open
| to receive the redeemed and blood-washed
souls of earth" And as we sweep on and
enter the glorious streets of the city of God,
see great whitEkight blazing in the center
| of the city. Amazed, ask: ''What is that
great white light, grander than all the con-
! solidated splendors of the solar systems we
| have passed in our flight, that blazing yon-
der?'' Enraptured, she replies: ''That is
| the glorified lamb of God-the light of earth
and heaven, and soon,
'We shall stand before the King,
| With the angels we shall sing,
| Glory, glory to to our King,